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IPRO Alerts New Yorkers to 'Silent' Killer; Chronic Kidney Disease Doubling Every Ten Years
Date:3/9/2009

LAKE SUCCESS, N.Y., March 9 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD), which affects 20 million people, is now the ninth leading cause of death in the U.S. and it is growing at a steady and alarming rate -- doubling every ten years. Each year the cost of managing CKD exceeds $32 billion in public and private spending. African Americans and Hispanic Americans are at increased risk for developing CKD and kidney failure.

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IPRO, New York's Medicare-funded Quality Improvement Organization (QIO), is working to improve care for Medicare beneficiaries with CKD and urging at-risk New Yorkers to be tested. Diabetes is the leading cause of kidney disease and kidney failure, both of which are very serious conditions that can lead to complications and death. People who have high blood pressure are also at risk for CKD. It is estimated that more than one million New Yorkers suffer from CKD.

"March is National Kidney month: a perfect time to call attention to the fact that most people who have kidney disease don't know it," according to IPRO Chief Medical Officer Clare Bradley, MD, MPH. She explained that most people do not have outward symptoms in the early phase of the disease. In fact, many do not have any obvious symptoms like hypertension or diabetes. This is called the "silent phase" of the disease. "The only way to know if you have CKD is to get some simple medical tests," says Dr. Bradley. She urges people with diabetes and/or high blood pressure to ask their doctor about these tests:

  • Blood pressure check,
  • Urine Test (micro-albumin),
  • Blood test (with eGFR - estimated glomerular filtration rate).

"If you do not have a doctor you see regularly, you
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